US 12,490,233 B2
Method and apparatus for enhancements on paging early indication (PEI) design
Wei-De Wu, Hsinchu (TW); Yi-Ju Liao, Hsinchu (TW); and Yi-Chia Lo, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to MediaTek Inc., (TW)
Filed by MediaTek Inc., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,977, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145193 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 56/001 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processor of an apparatus, a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter from a network node,
wherein the first RRC parameter indicates a frame-level offset before a first paging frame (PF);
determining, by the processor, a time location of a paging early indication-occasion (PEI-O) according to a reference frame determined by the frame-level offset,
wherein the PEI-O is associated with one or more paging occasions (POs) in one or more paging frames (PFs) starting from the first PF, and the reference frame comprises a burst of a synchronization signal block (SSB); and
monitoring, by the processor, the PEI-O to detect whether a PEI is received from the network node,
wherein the PEI indicates whether there is a paging for a subgroup to which the apparatus belongs; and
receiving, by the processor, a second RRC parameter from the network node, wherein the second RRC parameter indicates a symbol-level offset from a start of the reference frame; and wherein the timing location of the PEI-O is further determined according to the symbol-level offset.